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John Fetterman has been hospitalized for depression for five weeks. His staff says he’ll be back soon.
Philadelphia Enquirer ^ | 3/24/2023 | Julia Terruso and Abraham Gutman

Posted on 03/25/2023 10:01:51 AM PDT by simpson96

Five weeks after Sen. John Fetterman’s hospitalization for clinical depression, his staff says the stay is coming to an end soon, though no certain timeline was offered for his return.

“John will be out soon,” spokesperson Joe Calvello said. “Over a week but soon. Recovery is going really well. We have an amazing team at Walter Reed.”

Fetterman’s public acknowledgment in mid-February that he was suffering from depression and decision to seek treatment were heralded by many of his colleagues as a courageous disclosure about an often stigmatized topic. Intense scrutiny over his recovery and inpatient care has continued, though, after questions about his long-term health after a stroke in May.

A five-week hospital stay is considered somewhat long for inpatient depression care. But members of Fetterman’s team have said they aren’t rushing his return and they expect him to be able to return to the key requirements of his new job.

“It’s about John getting the care he needs and not rushing this,” a senior aide told The Inquirer. “Six weeks is a grain of sand in a six-year term. He’s doing what he needs to do.”

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KEYWORDS: be; depression; fetterman; hellnotbeback; hospital; mental; pahasnosenator; pennsylvania
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To: LouAvul

More like recovery from plastic surgery.


21 posted on 03/25/2023 10:15:48 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: simpson96

Fettervania really did itself pround.


22 posted on 03/25/2023 10:16:46 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: BenLurkin
Hospitalized for depression for five weeks?

Isn’t that unusual?

For a private payer, yes.

23 posted on 03/25/2023 10:18:59 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.)
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To: simpson96

Well he should be depressed if he is aware of who his state elected to the Senate.


24 posted on 03/25/2023 10:20:30 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: BenLurkin

Fecklessman is probably finger painting with his own crap.


25 posted on 03/25/2023 10:20:55 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: BenLurkin

When I went into the hospital for my mental health I stayed a week and a half. That’s what most people stay.


26 posted on 03/25/2023 10:21:12 AM PDT by Halls (Christian, Conservative, Proud Texan, Patriot, 100% Pro Life!)
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To: combat_boots

And this is only after 3 weeks--imagine what he looks like now.

27 posted on 03/25/2023 10:22:08 AM PDT by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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To: simpson96

Will the real Uncle Festerman please stand up, please stand up…


28 posted on 03/25/2023 10:22:33 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: drwoof

He cannot string a complete sentence together and looks like the boss man in a prison yard gang.


29 posted on 03/25/2023 10:22:34 AM PDT by MachIV
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To: V_TWIN

Right.
Is this “soon” on the geologic scale?

I’m sure wifey is being prepped in the background to take over the job when his case is finally deemed hopeless.


30 posted on 03/25/2023 10:22:51 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: MachIV

Maybe they searched prison yards to find a suitable body double. 5 weeks.


31 posted on 03/25/2023 10:23:35 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: simpson96

But, but, but,....if the Republicans had just ran a better candidate. I hate that excuse. It takes away from the real issue - fraud and an extremely illiterate (and dependent) voting public. This guy was literally brain dead but he had a D next to his name.


32 posted on 03/25/2023 10:24:01 AM PDT by Tadhg
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To: combat_boots

Come on. Clearly the same guy after an ear transplant an a complete re-shaping of the skull. Takes time to lengthen and narrow the head that much. Re-doing the ears was probably quicker


33 posted on 03/25/2023 10:24:29 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: simpson96

He should run for vice president with Biden on the Dumb and Dumber ticket.


34 posted on 03/25/2023 10:24:29 AM PDT by dblshot
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To: Cowgirl of Justice
More like recovery from plastic surgery.

For the body double. 🤪

35 posted on 03/25/2023 10:24:49 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: simpson96
Seriously asking: what is the average time for a person to be hospitalized for depression? My limited view of this comes from a couple of people that were briefly hospitalized, stabilized and sent home with drugs. By briefly, I mean a few days. It seems that’s what their insurance covered.

Based on the above I am left thinking that Fester is seriously eff’d up and it’s not just depression.

36 posted on 03/25/2023 10:24:57 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: Tadhg

There is no way this drug addict and stroke victim beat out a nationally syndicated Dr., who was almost as popular as Oprah even.


37 posted on 03/25/2023 10:25:47 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Georgia Girl 2

😂 that’s very subtle of you … completely different person 😂


38 posted on 03/25/2023 10:25:59 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: BenLurkin

And I might mention I have very good health insurance and my hospital stay was covered.


39 posted on 03/25/2023 10:26:23 AM PDT by Halls (Christian, Conservative, Proud Texan, Patriot, 100% Pro Life!)
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To: BenLurkin

Yes it’s very unusual. Sounds like he must have been suicidally depressed.


40 posted on 03/25/2023 10:27:37 AM PDT by packagingguy
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